From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: November 02, 2006
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: Slow Word start
>
> Leo,
> You don't know how much I have learned from all your good
> advice through your weekly newsletter that I subscribe to!
> Lately I have run into a problem that needs your help. My
> WORD 2002 program takes quite some time to open but runs
> smoothly after it's opened. I've googled the problem, and one
> suggestion was to rename Normal.dot. Is that safe to do,
> might it help, and how do I go about it? I run a clean
> machine, am vigilant about updating and have good Internet
> Security plus spyware protection.
I'd rename it and see if that makes a difference.
Normal.dot contains some of Word's settings, so you may loose
some of the defaults, but as I said, it's a good experiment
to just rename it. If it doesn't affect anything, you can
rename it back.
Thanks for asking,
Leo
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